Purity and Tranquility Scripture

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Mak Tin Si

Edited January 8, 2009 by Mak_Tin_Si

[hans-wolfgang]

Purity and Tranquility Scripture

Full Title:

The Wonderful Scripture on Constant Purity and Tranquility, spoken by The Supreme Elder Lord

 

(Tie Sioeng Loe Guen Sued Sioeng Tsing Jing Mulle Ging)

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The Great Tao has no form;

It brings forth and raises heaven and earth.

The Great Tao has no feelings;

It regulates the course of the sun and the moon.

The Great Tao has no name;

It raises and nourishes the myriad beings.

I do not know its name --

So I call it Tao.

 

The Tao can be pure or turbid, moving or tranquil.

Heaven is pure, earth is turbid;

Heaven is moving, earth is tranquil.

The male is moving, the female is tranquil.

 

Descending from the origin,

Flowing toward the end,

The myriad beings are being born.

 

Purity -- the source of turbidity.

Movement -- the root of tranquillity.

 

Always be pure and tranquil;

Heaven and earth

Return to the primordial.

 

The human spirit is fond of purity,

But the mind disturbs it.

The human mind is fond of tranquillity,

But desires meddle with it.

 

Get rid of desires for good,

And the mind will be calm.

Cleanse your mind,

And the spirit will be pure.

 

Naturally the six desires won't arise,

The three poisons are destroyed.

Whoever cannot do this

Has not yet cleansed his mind,

His desires are not yet driven out.

 

Those who have abandoned their desires:

Observe your mind by introspection --

And see there is no mind.

 

Then observe the body,

Look at yourself from without --

And see there is no body.

 

Then observe others by glancing out afar --

And see there are no beings.

 

Once you have realised these three,

You observe emptiness!

 

Use emptiness to observe emptiness,

And see there is no emptiness.

When even emptiness is no more,

There is no more nonbeing either.

 

Without even the existence of nonbeing

There is only serenity,

Profound and everlasting.

 

When serenity dissolves in nothingness --

How could there be desires?

When no desires arise

You have found true tranquillity.

 

In true tranquillity, go along with beings;

In true permanence, realize inner nature.

Forever going along, forever tranquil --

This is permanent purity, lasting tranquillity.

 

In purity and tranquillity,

Gradually enter the true Tao.

When the true Tao is entered,

It is realised.

 

Though we speak of "realized,"

Actually there is nothing to attain.

Rather, we speak of realization

When someone begins to transform the myriad beings.

 

Only who has properly understood this

Is worthy to transmit the sages' Tao.

 

The highest gentleman does not fight;

The lesser gentleman loves to fight.

Highest Virtue is free from Virtue;

Lesser Virtue clings to Virtue.

 

All clinging and attachments

Have nothing to do with the Tao or the Virtue.

 

People fail to realize the Tao

Because they have deviant minds.

Deviance in the mind

Means the spirit is alarmed.

 

Spirit alarmed,

There is clinging to things.

Clinging to things,

There is searching and coveting.

 

Searching and coveting,

There are passions and afflictions.

Passions, afflictions, deviance, and imaginings

Trouble and pester mind and body.

 

Then one falls into turbidity and shame,

Ups and downs, life and death.

Forever immersed in the sea of misery,

One is in eternity lost to the true Tao.

 

The Tao of true permanence

Will naturally come to those who understand.

Those who understand the realization of the Tao

Will rest forever in the pure and tranquil.

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(This translation comes from "The Taoist Experience" by Liva Kohn)

 

 

You have inspired this:

http://www.diarius.de/tao/12124/

Edited December 3, 2008 by hans-wolfgang

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[thelerner]

Thank you for printing this. Often the religious taoists look to the west and the 'taoist' teachers and practices here and think (and say) 'What ever that is, it isn't taoism'

 

 

Yet I think most people here would see the worth of the P & T scripture and agree with it. Say they strive for its ideals. So there is much common ground. To go a step further, the Western non religious taoist probably sees so much Religious Taoist dogma and rules as old cultural customs and non essential window dressings.

 

 

Follow a path with heart, live with respect to others and you're environment.

 

 

Michael

[Unconditioned]

All I can say to this is, thank you Regardless of path, these words speak truth that cuts to the root.

[Anabhogya-Carya]

Are you sure that piece is Taoist Mak Tin Si? It does not mention any ghosts, demons or magic............

[Mak_Tin_Si]

This is a Taoism scripture, a very BASIC one, which can have many usage. The un-seen usage are passed on in the lineage. It can help you when you do have ghsot or demon possed at you. You can use the scriptures also for calming your souls. It is a BASIC piece. If you want to know more about ghost, demons and evil stuff, you have to wait for those more ADVANCE scriptures to be posted. There are hard to translate into english.

 

Just like the FIVE THUNDER DEMON KILL SCRIPTURE series are very powerful with FU inside for demon and ghost busting. Maybe you never heard of that...????

 

Don't make fun of these, what you see in the western taoism world are just baby steps, most advance scriptures are hard to translate and very very hard to understand. That is why it is still not open to the public in the west yet.

 

Are you sure that piece is Taoist Mak Tin Si? It does not mention any ghosts, demons or magic............

[Aetherous]

FIVE THUNDER DEMON KILL SCRIPTURE! Super awesome name. Mak Tin Si please post that one!

[Anabhogya-Carya]

This is a Taoism scripture, a very BASIC one, which can have many usage. The un-seen usage are passed on in the lineage. It can help you when you do have ghsot or demon possed at you. You can use the scriptures also for calming your souls. It is a BASIC piece. If you want to know more about ghost, demons and evil stuff, you have to wait for those more ADVANCE scriptures to be posted. There are hard to translate into english.

 

Just like the FIVE THUNDER DEMON KILL SCRIPTURE series are very powerful with FU inside for demon and ghost busting. Maybe you never heard of that...????

 

Don't make fun of these, what you see in the western taoism world are just baby steps, most advance scriptures are hard to translate and very very hard to understand. That is why it is still not open to the public in the west yet.

 

Yes, forgive my ignorance O great slayer of demons. baby steps maybe, but baby steps unspoiled with your dogma and superstision. Baby steps leading in the right direction not to the direction of ghosts, temples, demons, and magic.

[ron7786]

Mak Tin Si,

 

What school of Daoism do you come from? Are you with the Zhengyi Dao (Orthodox unity) or are you from the school of Complete Reality?

The Zheng yi sect is the one Im most interested in.

Perhaps you arent in a sect, I am only assuming you are in one because my intuition says so. But Ive been wrong before lol.

[Spirit Ape]

He belongs to the Chi In Nature Taoist temple in Canada, he has a website!

 

Mak,

 

Thankyou that was a very nice peice and it made me very tranquil reading it!

 

Spirit Ape

[Squatting Monkey]

Are you sure that piece is Taoist Mak Tin Si? It does not mention any ghosts, demons or magic............